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Summary:

A musical Festschrift in honor of Daniel's teacher, Janet Craxton (1929-81). Includes works written for her by Knussen and Françaix, as well as works by Britten and Mozart.

Table of Contents:

• Oboe quartet, K.370 in F major ; Adagio for English horn, K.580a (completed by Nicholas Daniel) / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Phantasy, op. 2 (1932) for oboe, violin, viola and cello / Benjamin Britten
• Cantata : op. 15 (1977) for oboe and string trio / Oliver Knussen
• Quatuor pour cor anglais, violon, alto et violoncelle (1970) / Jean Françaix.

Contributors:

Craxton, Janet , honouree

Daniel, Nicholas , instrumentalist, arranger of music

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791

Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976

Knussen, Oliver

Françaix, Jean, 1912-1997

Britten Oboe Quartet , instrumentalist, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/itr

Languages:

French
English
German

Language Notes:

Accompanying materials: French, English, German
Accompanying materials translated from (original): French

Included Works:

Quartets, oboe, violin, viola, cello [by Mozart, W.A.] > K. 370, F major

Adagios, clarinet, basset horns (3) [by Mozart, W.A.] > K. Anh. 94, F major (arranged)

Phantasies, oboe, violin, viola, cello [by Britten, B.] > Op. 2

Cantata [by Knussen, O.]

Quartets, English horn, violin, viola, cello [by Françaix, J.] (Complete)

Subjects:

Quartets (Oboe, violin, viola, cello)

Quartets (English horn, violin, viola, cello), Arranged

Quartets (English horn, violin, viola, cello)

Genres:

Chamber music

Fantasias (Music)

Arrangements (Music)

Performers:

Britten Oboe Quartet (Nicholas Daniel, oboe, English horn ; Jacqueline, Shave, violin ; Clare Finnimore, viola ; Caroline Dearnley, cello).

Production Credits:

Producer, Andrew Mellor.

Performance Medium:

4 performers: oboe; violin; viola; cello
4 performers: English horn; violin; viola; cello
4 performers: oboe; violin; viola; cello
4 performers: English horn; violin; viola; cello

General Notes:

Title from disc label.
Recorded 2016 January The Apex, Bury St. Endmunds, UK.
Notes by Nicholas Daniel and biographical notes in French with English and German translations (19 pages : portrait) inserted in container.

Physical Description:

1 audio disc (1:01:09) ; 4 3/4 in.
K. 370
K. Anh. 94
op. 2

Physical Characteristics:

plastic; metal; 4 3/4 in.; 1.4 m/s; mass-produced

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; stereo

Digital Characteristics:

audio file; CD audio

Call Numbers:

LPCD 155,731

Other Standard Numbers:

International Article Number: 3149020767221
Publisher Number, Harmonia Mundi: HMM 907672

OCLC Numbers:

999850753